Has anyone ever been given Written Exposure Therapy?
(This is a repost in an attempt to get actual answers to my question, but I usually just get ignored in this sub anyway)
I’m in therapy, but I’m difficult as hell, so I think my therapist is just scrambling for ways to try and fix me. I mean I’m not really there for that — I just want someone to talk to — but I guess she has to do her job anyway.
Most people say that Cognitive Based Therapy or anything related to it is the best for NPD, but I personally think it’s a bunch of bullshit. It’s basically like gaslighting yourself into thinking you’re a decent person even when you’re not, so knowing my opinion, she suggested W.E.T.
I was doing some research on it, and it seems to be more for treating PTSD and anxiety. I mean I guess I do have some of that (rough childhood and all), but it’s usually for like… war veterans and victims of severe abuse (my abuse wasn’t as scary compared to other people’s), and I’m not even part of those crowds. Perhaps she was just trying to relate it to my interests too, because I like to write, however I only tend to enjoy writing when it’s not made to be some sort of work.
She’s not really insisting it atm. It’s more or less a suggestion, but I’m scared that if I don’t go along with a little bit of what she says, she’ll think I’m difficult and unfixable and throw me away like my therapist before her. That being said, I’ll probably try it if she starts insisting, but I’d like to know if any of you guys here have experienced in W.E.T.